Tiki Tom
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I was startled the first time the barber asked if it was ok to trim my eyebrows. Now, I hope he will do so automatically. Goes without saying.
"True dat."
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You know you are getting old when:
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I was startled the first time the barber asked if it was ok to trim my eyebrows. Now, I hope he will do so automatically. Goes without saying.
"True dat."
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Last sunday, when we drove to my father in hospital in neighbour-smalltown, my mother only gets in because of the Corona-shit and I waited outside. While waiting, a couple parked right in front of the entrance and the woman brought her man into, by supporting him. Because you have to ring in the lobby and wait until you can speak through the intercom with the hospital admission, I also heard, that shey said her man is 38.
I don't know, but to me, beeing 36, he looked older, more like a 45 year old.
Or has my cognition changed?
I don't know, but to me, beeing 36, he looked older, more like a 45 year old.
Or has my cognition changed?
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More than once I have been aghast to learn that some old geezer who is bald, grey, wrinkled, toothless, feeble, unsteady, half-blind, half-deaf, and border-line demented is actually a few years younger than me. It has gotten so that I really don't want to know how old a person is.
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"It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage."
Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones Jr.
Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones Jr.
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I know, right? I was taken aback the first time too. That was something my dad had done! So my response has typically been "if you think they need it." Recently I've been searching for a new barber (the latest, of about five, seems to be a keeper) and this last one didn't do my eyebrows and I genuinely missed it. Not so fond of this Edward Teller thing I've got going on.
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Coke, or Coke syrup, used to be prescribed fairly often by family doctors as a cure for colicky babies. That's how I got hooked on the stuff.
You can still buy "cola syrup" in small bottles in the digestive section at most drug stores. A spoonful works quite well in settling a nauseous stomach.
You can still buy "cola syrup" in small bottles in the digestive section at most drug stores. A spoonful works quite well in settling a nauseous stomach.
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Must be the Theobromine, I think.
MisterCairo
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Me: Girls, who are you listening to?
Girls: Billie Eilish
Me: Who?
Girls: She's a famous pop singer, what, you've never heard of her?
Me: Famous pop singer? Like Shaun Cassidy, or Leif Garrett, or Tiffany or Debbie Gibson?
Girls: Who?
Me: QED
Girls: Billie Eilish
Me: Who?
Girls: She's a famous pop singer, what, you've never heard of her?
Me: Famous pop singer? Like Shaun Cassidy, or Leif Garrett, or Tiffany or Debbie Gibson?
Girls: Who?
Me: QED
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Yes. These days I go for a light lunch or even a vegetarian lunch. A decade or two ago, I could eat two pounds of chilly cheese fries at lunch and still go back to work. No more, I’m afraid.
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QED? Who's in that band?
Or you only ever hear the Muzak cover version on elevators.
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Not too long ago I stopped by a newsstand and bought an old fashioned paper newspaper. Kid at the counter made some comment that I was old school or something like that. I said I missed reading an actual newspaper with my coffee. Staring at electronics is not the same.
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The fact that they still use the term "pop singer" is somehow reassuring.
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On the other hand, sometimes it seems all music, regardless of genre, is getting tossed into the "pop" category. But then, most of the music produced within the last 20 years or so is rubbish, so maybe that label is deserved.
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I was car-driver, three times the last days. I drove my parents to the doc, etc., in their car.
And did it feel great, after a long time? Nope. It felt the same as in my last year as car-driver, 2017. Boring.
I think, I'm old.
And did it feel great, after a long time? Nope. It felt the same as in my last year as car-driver, 2017. Boring.
I think, I'm old.
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